SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Division of Transplantation

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Dale A. Distant, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Surgery

Dr. Dale Distant is well known for his work and expertise in Hepatobiliary surgery
and Transplantation, and has been a member of the University Hospital of Brooklyn,
Department of Surgery for more than 15 years.

He trained at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and later specialized in Hepatobiliary
surgery and Solid Organ Transplantation at the famous Baylor University Medical Center
in Texas. Dr. Distant is also an expert laparoscopist and performs numerous minimally
invasive surgical procedures yearly. Over the years, Dr. Distant has provided comprehensive
Hepatobiliary and Liver surgery care for hundreds of patients in Brooklyn and the
surrounding area.